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JOHN H EISSENBERGER, OF NEVVYOYRK, N. Y.

' AUTOMATIC PICTURE-EXHIBITOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 624,801, dated May 9,1899. Application iiled August 3, 1898. Serial No. 687,596. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN HEIssnNBnRGnR,

J of the city of New York, borough of Manhatwhich the pictures will beilluminated and wherein the illumination of the pictures will beautomatically commenced when lthel picture-carrier is first moved andwill 'continue until all the pictures in the carrier have been broughtopposite the eyepiece, after which the movement of the picture-carrierwill be automatically stopped and the illumination automatically cutoff.

A further object of the invention is to provide an automaticpicture-exhibitor which will be coin-operated, the movements of themachine being controlled by a coin dropped into a pocket of acoin-receivin g lever.

Another object of the invention is to construct a coin-receiving drawerwhich will serve to lock'the casing of the machine to the base, and,further, to provide a coin-operated picture-exhibiting machine whichwill be exceedingly simple, durable, and economic in.

its construction. h

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of theseveral parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth,

and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, formin ga part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a plan View of the complete machine. Fig. 2 is apartly-sectional plan View substantially onthe line 2 2 of Fig. 3. Fig.3 is a vertical section taken substantially on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2.Fig. et is an enlarged detail sectional View illustrating thecoin-receiving lever in its normal position or in position to receive acoin and in position to stop the driving mechanism for thepicture-carrier. Fig. 5is a view similar to Fig. 4, the coin-receivinglever being shown partly in section and partlyin positive lines, thelever being shown askin position to admit ofthe section through aportion of the bottom of.

the machine shown in Fig. 6, illustrating the position of thecoin-receiving drawer therein and the manner infwhich the said drawer`locks the casing to the base of the machine;

and Fig. 8 is a horizontal section showing the coin-receiving drawer inlocked position, its guides, and the manner in which the lockingconnection is effected between the drawer and the casing of the machine.y

VIn Figs. 1, 2, and 3 I have illustrated the casing A of the machine asbeing squareor rectangular, the front upper portion 10 ofthe casingbeing inclined, as shown particularly in Figs. l and 3. At the centralportion of the inclined section l0 of the casing an eyepiece 11 issecured, and the said eyepiece is in direct communication with adownwardly and rearwardly extending box 12, which. box is provided atits inner end with a lens 13 of any desired character. One side of theboxcasing A is preferably provided with a doorin order that access maybe readily attained to the interior of the said casing. Upon the top ofthe casing, at or near the center, asignboard 13' is located; but thissign-board may `be omitted, if so desired.' The lens 13 points directlyto a space between diverging reflectors 1i and 15, consisting,preferably, of mirrors which are supported in frames 16 of any desiredcharacter, and the frames at their bottom portions are connected byaplate 17, preferably highly polished, so as to serve also as areliector.

The frames containing the mirrors are connected with and are supportedfrom the central back portion of the casing by means of a bracket 17 ofany desired character. The mirror-supporting-frame is open at the back,and consequently the brackets 17a connect with the sides, and at therear of the open back of the mirror-supporting frames and e" IOO moved asuitable distance therefrom a translucent pane 18 is supported in thefront of the box 19, in which box an electric lamp of suitablecandle-power is located or sustained. The frame 19, in which theelectric lamp is contained, is supported by a metal bracket 20, and thisbracket is carried downward and is secured to a horizontal partition 21,which is shown as extending from one side of the casing, Vterminatingshort of the side at which the door is placed, and the said partitionmay extend from the 'front of the casing, but terminates short of itsrear face in order that cells may be accommodated at the back portion ofthe casin g, which cells rest, preferably, upon the floor of the casingand are held by suitable brackets h in an upright position. Any desirednumber of cells may be employed. In the drawings three cells areillustrated, (designated, respectively, as B, B, and B2.) The couplingof these cells relative to theelectric lamp and other parts of themachine to be electrically operated will be hereinafter fully described.The partition 21 is supported by suitable uprights or legs 22, whichusually .extend from thebottom of the casing; but

brackets .may be substituted for these legs if in practice it is founddesirable.

At one side ofthe eyepiece 11 a coin-receiving slot 23 is made in theinclined portion 10 of the casing, and this coin-,receiving slot isdirectly connected with a coin throat or chute 24, having an inclinationdownwardly and slightly tothe rear, and the said chute is supported byone or more brackets 25, attached to the front portion of the casing, asis particularly shown in Fig. 3. The back 26 of the chute is open, andateach edge of the open front a longitudinal flange is formed, adaptedto receive and guide a coin of predetermined dimensions-as, for example,a nickel. Any coin'of less size will drop from the throat at the backand a coin of a larger size cannot be received by the throat. Thelowerend of the chute is connected at the back by a-strengthening-plate27, which is more or less inclined and is adapted to assist in directingthe coin into a pocket intended to receive it. A coinoperated lever,which is also adapted as a trip, is fulcrumed by a horizontal stud 29upon a suitable upright 28 or other support attached to the partition21. One end of this lever is directly beneath the throat orcoin-receiving chute 24, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, and the inner end ofthe coin-operated lever is provided with an adjustable weight 30,secured in desired positionon the lever by a set-screw 31 or itsequivalent, and the inner end of the lever is limited in its upward anddownward movement by upperand lower horizontal arms 32 and 33, (shown inFigs. 4 and 5,) which arms are attached to a standard 34, securedlikewise to the partition 21. The forward end of the coin-operatedlever, or the end which is beneath the coin-receiving chute or throat24, is provided with a pocket C', which pocket, as is particularly shownin Figs. 4 and 5, consists of a body-section 35, which body-sectioncomprises two sides a and a back a', attached to the forward end of thesaid lever and having a downward and a rearward inclination, and asection 36, the said section comprising triangularly-shaped sides a3 anda back a2, the back being inclined downwardly and forwardly to meet thefront a] of the forward section 35 of the pocket at the lower end ofsaid section, as shown in positive lines in Fig. 5. The wider portionsof the sides of the section 36 of the pocket are at the top, and theseside portions of the section 36 of the pocket are pivoted to the sidesof the fixed section 35 by pins 37 or their equivalents, located nearthe front ed ges of the side portions of the rear section of the pocket,as is also shown in Figs. 4 and 5, and the two sections of the pocketare held closed at the bottom by a spr-ing 38 or its equivalent, whichhas bearing against the back of the pivoted section of the pocket and arigid attachment to the coin operated lever C. A trip-arm 39 of angularconstruction is attached to the rear face of the pivoted section of thepocket, and the free end of the trip-arm 39 is in the path of a tappet40, which is secured upon a wheel 41, which wheel is driven through themedium of a motor D, which motor is preferably a clockworkmotor and issupported by the partition 2l, the governor or fan of the said motorbeing designated as 42. A contact-arm 43 is projected downward from thecoin-operated lever, and the said contact-arm is adapted to operate acircuit-closer. The lower end of the contactarm 43 is preferablyprovided with a covering 44 of an insulating material, and thecircuitcloser consists of two opposing members 45 and 46, preferablymade from copper, the member 45 being attached to a metallic plate 45 atits outer end, the said plate being secured to the partition 2l, whilethe member 46 is secured to a plate 46n at its outer end, likewisefastened to the partition 21, as shown in Fig. 2.

The member 45, which is adjacent lOO IIC

to the contact-arm 43, is shown as provided with a flange 45", adaptedwhen the member 45 is forced in direction of the member 46 to engagewith a return end 46b on the said member 46, thus effecting a contactbetween the two members, and when such a contact is effected and duringthe contact the current will be turned on the lamp contained in thecasing 19.

A stop is employed for the motor D, and the said stop is in the form ofan arm which is projected from the coin-operated lever C, usually at apoint between 'its pivot and its weighted e'nd, the said arm 47 beingcarried in such direction that it will cross a blade of the governor 42when the coin-operated lever is in its normal position and prevent thegovernor from turning, asA illustrated in Fig. 4; but when a coin is inthe coin-receiving receptacle C the stop-arm 474 will be carried out ofthe path of the governor 42 and the motor will be free to operate. Thewheel 4l,

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carried by the motor D,'is a time-wheel and is provided with a series ofrecesses 48, radially produced in its peripheral surface, and,preferably, one side wall of each recess is beveled, as shown in dottedlines in Fig. 5.

In connection with the time-wheel 4l a picture-carrier E is-em ployed.This picture-carrier is preferably of circular formation, and

its sides are made to taper, the carrierbeing of greater diameter at thetop than at the bottom. In the usual construction of the carrier anupper band 49 is provided, together with a lower band 50, and thesebands are connected at regular intervals by vertical braces 5l. Thesebraces are preferably given the form of two opposing plates 5ln and 5l,the plates 51 being the -outer plates and the plates 51h the innerplates, as shown in Fig. 2. The inner plates 5lb are bent laterally inopposite directions from their longitudinal centers, forming between thetwo plates, at each side of the center, slideways 52, the said slidewaysbeing adapted to receive the pictures, which are produced upontransparent panels 53. The number of panels in the picture-carriercorresponds to the number of slots 4S in the time-wheel 4l.'

In the further construction of the timewheel a horizontal spoke 54 iscarried from the center ofV each of the upright braces 5l to aconnection with a central plate 55, and at each spoke 54 a pendant islocated, which pendants are usually in the form of pins 56, asillustrated. The time-wheel will hold the picture-carrying wheel asufficient length of time, until the said carrying-wheel is turned bythe motor D, for example, from the first to the second slot therein,which slot allows the downwardly-projecting pin to pass through, and thefollowing pin of the picture-carrying ,wheel will be held by thetime-wheel until the picture-carrying wheel has again turned to presentthe next slot. This operation will hold one picture afteranotheradesired length of time before the eyepiece, or wherever the picture isto be directly viewed; but when the motor D is stopped one of the pinswill engage the time-wheel between two adjacent slots, as is clearlyshown in Fig. 4.

The picture-carrier is mounted to revolve between the mirror-carryingframe and the translucent illuminating-pane 18, as shown bestin Fig. 3,and preferably the picture-carrying frame is provided with a hub 57, andthe said hub is secured to the shaft 58 of a second motor D', whichlatter motor will operate the moment that the time-wheel is turned toadmit of the passage of the pins 56 through the slots in the said wheel.

Just below the coin-receiving receptacle C" an inclined plate 59 ispreferably located,

which serves to direct the coin dropped from the said receptacle into adrawer or a box 60, located in the bottom of the casing, and this draweror box may be readily removed when the door 6l of the casing is opened,which door is best shown in Fig. 2.l jThe coupling of the batteries B,B, and B2 with the electric lamp and circuit-closer may be made as shownin the drawings, in which in detail the positive element 62 of thebattery B2 is connected with 'a plate 63, located on the partition 21,the negative element 65 of the battery being connected bya wire 66 withthe positive element 67 ofthe battery B, and the negative element of thebattery B is connected with the positive element' of the battery B.' bya wire 68. A wire 69 is carried from the plate 63 to the lamp and themetal bracket 20, supporting the lamp, while a wire 7l is carried fromthe negative element 70 of the battery B to the plate 46a, connectedwith the member 46 of the circuit-closer, the plate 45nl of the member45 of the ci rcuit-closer being connected with the base of the bracket2O by a wire 72 and through said bracket to the lamp. p Wires 73 and 74are carried from the plates 45 and 46 to a push-button 75, located,

preferably, at the top portion of the casing.

shown and described the wiring maybe made in any manner known to personsexperienced in such work. y

In the operation of this form of the device one of the transparentpanels in the picturecarrier will always be opposite theilluminating-pane I8, and by manipulating thepushbutton the circuit willbe closed and the light turned on, enabling a personV to see the firstpicture without charge. When a coin of suitable denomination is droppedinto the coinchute 24, it will fall into the receptacle C' and willcarry that end of the coin-operated lever O downward to the positionshown inlFig. 5, whereupon the stop-arm 47 will be removed from the pathof the governor 42 of the motor D, enabling the said motor to work. Thismotor will now revolve the time-wheel, and whenever an opening in thetime-wheel is brought in position to admit the passage through theopening of a pin 56, projected through the picture-carrier, thepicture-carrier will turn a sufficient distance to `bring 4anotherpicture-panel opposite the illuminating-panel 18 or the panel'back ofwhich the lamp is located. This panel will remainin' the line of visionuntil the time-wheel has turned a sufficient distance to bring the pinwhich engaged with the time-wheel when the picture was shifted oppositea second opening in the time-wheel, whereupon the picturecarrier willrevolve a sufficient distance-to bring anotherpicture withinthe line ofvision, and the next pin will strike the time-wheel and prevent thecarrier from turning farther until an opportunity has oered for theIre-14 IOO IIO

lease of the pin. As soon as the coin drops into the coin-receptacle thecontact-arm 43, connected with the coin-operated lever, will be forcedagainst the member 45 of the circuitcloser, bringing it in contact withthe opposing member 46, completing the circuit and illuminating thelamp.

In the form of the device shown in Figs. 6, 7, and 8 the base F iscircular, as is likewise the casing F. In iitting the casing to the basethe casing is made to4 enter an annular groove 83 in the base, as shownparticularly in Fig. 7. A partition or platform 76 is located above thebase corresponding to the partition 21, and this partition is held inposition by uprights 77, which are carried above the partition almost tothe top of the casing and extend inwardly over the picture-carrier E,but out of contact therewith. One ofthe uprights is adapted to carrycontacts 78 for the push-button which is located in the top of thecasing, and two other of the uprights 77 are adapted to support theframes 16, that hold the mirrors 15, the mirrors and frames being thesame as those described in the other form of the device, except that thebottom connecting-piece of the frames is omitted, and these frames areheld within the picture-carrier, as before stated, in front of thelampcasing already described. The picture-carrier is operated throughthe medium of a motor D, the same as that heretofore described,

and in connection with the motor D a second motor D is employed, thesame as that heretofore described and carrying a similar timewheel 41and governor 42. The coin-operated lever C, which is practically of thesame construction as in the other form of the device, is provided at oneof its ends with a coin-recepta- `cle C', similar to that heretoforedescribed and similarly operated; but below the coin-receivingreceptacle a chute 7 7 is provided, having ardownward and inwardinclination to an opening 78, made in the partition 76. The

same form of circuit-closer is employed, vop-` erated in the same manneras heretofore described; but the circuit-closer is shown surrounded by aboxing 79, which when covered has an opening to admit of the movement ofthe contact-arm 43 of the coin-operated lever. The pivot-pin 29 of thecoin-operated lever, however, is in this instance preferably projected.from the casing of the motor D', and instead of the guides 32 and 33employed in the other form of .the device to regulate the upward anddownward movement of the coinoperated lever an arm 80 is projected fromeach side of the pivot-point 29 of the said lever, and anoutwardly-extending member 81 is provided at one end of the said arm,while a lower member 82 is carried in like direction from the oppositeend of the arm 80, the arrn 81 serving as a restfor the coin-operatedlever when in its normal position and the member 82 acting as a rest forthe said lever when it is inclined or when a coin is in the receptacleC.

Any desired number of batteries G are employed, and these batteries areconnected in' any suitable or approved manner with the filament of theelectric lamp used, the circuitcloser, and the push-button. In fact, theelectric connection may be made with the aforesaid points insubstantially the same manner as has been heretofore described. In allcases the batteries used are preferably dry batteries.

Guides 84 are secured to the base F of the device below the opening 7 8Lin the partition or platform 76, the said guides being provided at asuitable distance from their forward ends with offsets S5, that extendto the rear ends of said guides.` An opening 86 is made in the casing Fat the front, and immediately at the rear of the opening in the casinghorizontal lugs 87 are formed, as shown in Fig. 8.

The drawer V88, adapted to receive coin, is

entered at the opening 86 in the casing, and the said drawer is providedwith rods 89 at its sides, or said rods may be projected from its ends,the rods being adapted to enter the guides 84, and after the drawer hasbeen entered into the opening 86 of the casing suiiiciently to close thesaid opening the rods 89 will have. passed through the -guides 84 andover the lugs 87 at the opposite side of the casing. In this manner themoney-drawer y into which the4 coin is guided by the chute 7 7L servesto lock'the casing to the base. The drawer is provided with any suitableform of lock, preferably a lock operated by a key 90, as shown in Figs;7 and 8.

I desire it to be understood that the picturecarrying wheel maybe madeflat and the negative or picture secured therein in such manner that theview of the negative or picture may be thrown upon a screen. Under sucha construction substantially the same arrangement of motors andcontrolling devices may be employed.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. In a coin-operated picture-exhibitor, a.

picture-carrier stationary and to be released from the time-wheel topermit the picture-carrier to move, as set forth. l

2. In a coin-operated picture-exhibitor, a picture-carrier and twocooperating motors, one of said motors being arranged for driving thepicture-carrier and the other motor being provided with a time-wheelhaving peripheral slots for the passage of projections on thepicture-carrier, the said time-wheel controlling the length of time apicture is to be exhibited,

and-a coin-operated lever arranged to stop and start the motor, as setforth. A

3. In a coin-operated picture-exhibitor, a rotatable picture-carrierprovided with pendants, a motor for the same, an incandescent lamparranged to illuminate the pictures, an electric circuit Within whichthe lamp is contained, a time-Wheel having slots in its periphery forthe passage of the pendants, a motor for the time-Wheel, and acoin-receiving lever arranged to stop or start the motor and make orbreak the circuit for the lamp, as and for the purpose specified.

4. In a coin-operated picture-exhibitor, a rotatable picture-carrierprovided With projections, an incandescent lamp arranged at the rear ofthe said carrier, reflectors located Within the said carrier at oppositesides of the incandescent lamp, an electric circuit Within which thelamp is contained, a motor for the carrier, a time-wheel provided withperipheral slots for the passage of the projections from the carrier,and a coin-receiving `lever arranged to stopand to start the motor andmake or break the circuit for the lamp, substantially as described.

5. In a coin-operated picture-exhibitor, a rotatable picture-carrier ofgreater diameter at the top than at the bottom, the said picturecarrierbeing provided with slideways adapted to receive transparent panelscontaining pictures, an incandescent lamp arranged to villuminate thepictures, said lamp being located at the exterior of the carrier, andrelectors at each side of thelamp, located Within the picture-carrier,the lamp and reiiectors being stationary, an electric circuit Withinwhich the lamp is contained, a motor for the carrier, and acoin-receivinglever arranged to stop or start the motor and make orbreak the circuit for the lamp, as and for the purpose specified.

6. In a picture-exhibitor, a revoluble picture-carrier, an illuminatingdevice for the pictures, a motor for the picture-carrier, a time-Wheelhaving peripheral slots for the passage of projections on the carrier, amotor for the time-Wheel and a coinreceiving lever provided with aprojecting arm serving as a stop for the motor, substantially asdescribed. y

7. In a picture-exhibitor a revoluble picture-carrier, an electricilluminating apparatus for the pictures, a motor-operated timewheelprovided With openings for the passage of projections on thepicture-carrier and controlling the display of the picture-carrier, a

' coin-operated lever, and a tappet carried by the time-wheel andcontrolling said lever, the said lever being arranged to stop and start.the motor, as specified.

8. In a picture-exhibitor a revoluble picture-carrier, an electricilluminating apparatus for the pictures, a circuit in which theilluminating device is located, a circuit-closer located Within-the saidcircuit, a motor-operated time-Wheel engaging and releasing thepicture-carrier and controlling the display of the pictures, acoin-operated lever controlled by the time-Wheel and arranged to stopand start the motors, and a contact-arm projected `from the saidcoin-lever and adapted to operate the circuit-closer substantially asdescribed. 1

9. In a picture-exhibitor, a motor-controlled picture-carrier, anelectric light, a circuit for the light including the battery, the lightbeing arranged to illuminate the pictures in the said carrier, a timemechanism controlling the display movement of the carrier and comprisinga motor having a governor, and a time-wheel carried by the motor andengaging and releasing the picture-carrier, a coinoperatedl lever, atrip carried by the time- Wheel and arranged for engagementwith an armon the lever, and a stop for the motor controlling the time mechanismand comprising an arm projected from the coin-operated lever and adaptedto engage the governor of the motor, substantially as described.

10. In a picture-exhibitor, a motor-controlled picture-carrier adaptedt0 revolve, theV said carrier being provided with pendants locatedbetween the panels containing the pictures, a motor-operated time-Wheelhaving peripheral slots for the passage of the pendants from thepicture-carrier, a coin-operated lever provided with an extension,arranged to be tripped by the movement of the time- Wheel, and a secondextension arranged to stop the movement of the lever after the-tripconnection of the time-Wheel with said'lever, as described.

ll. In a picture-exhibitor, a motor-controlled picture-carrier providedWith pendants located between the panelsin the said carrier containingthe pictures, a motor-operated time-Wheel having peripheral slots forthe passage of the pendants from the picture-carrier, a coin-operatedlever provided With an extension arranged to be tripped by the movementof the time-Wheel, a second eX- tension from the lever arranged to stopthe movement of the lever after the trip connection of the time-WheelWith the said lever, an electric light arranged to illuminate'thepictures, and a circuit including a battery, in which circuit the lightis contained, the said circuit being opened and closed by the movementof the said lever, for the purpose set `forth.

12. In a picture-exhibitor, the combination, with a motor-operatedpicture -carrier, the said carrier being adapted to revolve, and amotor-operated time-Wheel provided With. peripheral slots, the slotscorresponding in number to the number of pictures in the carrier, of acoin-operated lever, a tappet carried by the time-Wheel, and anextension from the` lever arranged in one position of the lever to beengaged by thetappet of the time- Wheel, and a second extension from thesaid lever `arranged'to stop the motor after the 1ever has been operatedupon by the said time- Wheel and the coin discharged from the lever, forthe purpose specified. i

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13. In a picture-exhibitor, the combination,

' with a revoluble picture-carrier, a motor arranged to drive the same,a second motor, a time-Wheel carried by the second motor, and havingperipheral openings corresponding in number to the number of pictures,and projections from the carrier adapted to engage with the time-Wheeland also to pass through the openings therein, of an electric lamp, acircuit including the battery for the said lamp, a coin-operated leverprovided with a coinreceptacle, consisting of pivotally-connectedmembers, means forl opening and closing the circuit by the movement ofthe said lever, and means, substantially as described, forreleasing acoin from the coin-receptacle of the lever by the movement of thetime-Wheel, as specilied.

14. In apicture-exhibitor, the combination, With a motor-operatedpicture-carrier provided With guides for the reception of transparentpicture-carryin'g panels, a stationary illuminating device locatedoutside of the carrier, reflectors located Within the carrier atopposite sides of the illuminating device, and a second motor providedwith a governor and a time-Wheel having peripheral slots correspondingin number to the number of pictures in the carrier, of a lever, meansfor limiting the movement of the said lever, a coin-receiving receptaclecarried by the said lever, the said receptacle being provided with aspringcontrolled movable section, capable in one position of dischargingthe coin deposited in the said receptacle, a trip connection between themovable section of the coin-receiving receptacle and the time-Wheel,batteries, a cir-' cuit connection between the batteries and theilluminating device, a circuit-closer being located Within the saidcircuit, means, substantially as described, for operating thecircuitcloser by the movement of the lever, and a projection from thelever adapted in one position of the lever to engage with the governorof the motor carrying the time-Wheel, all arranged substantially asherein described.

15. In a picture-exhibitor, a motor-conytrolled picture-carrier adaptedto revolve, a

motor-operated time-Wheel controlling the movement ofthepicture-carrier, a coin-operated lever provided With an extensionarranged to be tripped by the movement of the time-Wheel, and a secondextension arranged to stop the movement of the lever after the tripconnection of the time-Wheel with said lever, substantially asdescribed.

16. In a coin-operated picture-exhibitor, a rotatable picturecarrier, amotor for the same, an incandescent lamp arranged to illuminate thepictures, an electric circuit Within which the lamp is contained, acircuit-closer located Within the said circuit, a time-Wheel adapted toengage and release the picturecarrier, a motor for the time-Wheelprovided with a governor, and a coin-receiving lever provided with anarm adapted in one position of the lever to engage with the governor ofthe motor, the said leverbeing also provided with a contact-arm adaptedin another position of the lever, to operate the circuit-closer,substantially as described.

- 17. In a picture-exhibitor a rotatable picture-carrier of greaterdiameter at the top than at the bottom, the said picture-carrier beingprovided With slideways adapted to receive panels containing pictures,an illuminating device located outside of the carrier, reflectors ateach side of the illuminating device and located Within thepicture-carrier, the illuminating device and reflectors beingstationary, a motor for the picture-carrier, and a coinreceiving lever,arranged to stop and start the motor, for the purpose specified.

JOHN HEISSENBERGER.

Witnesses:

J. FRED. ACKER, EVERARD BOLTON MARSHALL.

